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Yeah ,

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right . The U . S . Army Corps of

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Engineers , National District in

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partnership with the cities of bristol

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Virginia and Tennessee broke ground

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february 7 , 2000 and 12 on the beaver

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Creek flood risk reduction project . I

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know this project's obviously important

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to the community . It's important to us

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and this this project does a lot to

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prevent flood damages and it will do

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more in the future to prevent flood

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damages to the city of bristol . The

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mayors of both cities talked about how

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this project will reduce the footprint

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of any future flooding in the area .

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We've got such a , such a vibrant

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downtown now , everybody's work so hard .

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Uh the both cities , the private sector

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has done so much uh to bring our

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downtown back and we want to make sure

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it's protected . Now water does flow

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downhill and when it gets over here and

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it starts backing up , we all know that

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it's going to back up in the Virginia

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just as well as Tennessee . So that's

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what makes it just as important for us .

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The Nashville District Construction

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representative explained what work will

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be accomplished in the first of four

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phases of the project . In the first

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phase will be taking out the twin

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barrel covered building . They retain

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them all and they keystone type block

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wall along with some riprap to

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protect the channel and also there's

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some paving and sidewalks and some

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green scape going in and this just

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really make us a greenway . This

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project is primarily about flood damage

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reduction , but the National District

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is taking every precaution to take care

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of the environment . As you see those

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bags that diverting the sediment ,

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that's getting this treatment , make

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sure any kind of debris does not get

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into the flow . Also , after the

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culvert is demolished , they're gonna

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put some riffle stones in the middle to

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actually help oxygenate the creek and

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it will prove the wildlife habitat and

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potentially bring some more species in .

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This is lee roberts reporting for the

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Nashville district in bristol Tennessee .